'Jelly balls' may slow global warming

VAST numbers of marine "jelly balls" now appearing off the Australian east coast could be part of the planet's mechanism for combating global warming.

Tongue try: Contest rewards loose lips

Lovers of a little - or a lot - of alliteration tackled terrifically tough tongue twisters Saturday night, hoping to win awards for their word wrangli [...]

Ghana’s Electronic Graveyard

Obama/McCain - The Colored Race

It's just days away from one of the most anticipated US federal elections in history and both sides are plowing into spin overdrive.

Disturbing Halloween Costume

The Real Bambi & Thumper

A History of Texas (The Intro to “True Stories”)

Amazingly Creative Japanese Barcodes

What’s in a barcode? More than you might imagine, when idealized through the eyes of some very creative Japanese artists.

World's Fastest Bicycle

Spider on Frog on Turtle

Kitten thrown out of speeding car on highway

The Housewife's Friend: 1915

Ergonomic workstation concept appeals to all geeks

The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees

At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea. But they are, apparently, the ultimate solutio [...]

Pitbull Armory

Hippie Couture: In The Year 2525.....

The amazing water girl who can swim a mile at just four years old

Swimming a mile isn't something most of us could do easily. But for Maddison Brown it's an extraordinary achievement – she is just four years ol [...]

Unbelievable accident

Ota Benga - Human Zoo

Ota Benga (c.1881 or 1884 – March 20, 1916) was a Congolese pygmy who was featured in a 1906 human zoo exhibit at the Bronx Zoo alongside an ora [...]

Japan's Only Giant Panda Dies of Old Age

Ling Ling, the only giant panda owned by Japan, died of old age Wednesday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, where he had been one of the most popular attractions, [...]

Video Games in Legos

Queen Kong